Bible Reading: Revelation 3:1-6
Key Verse: Verse 3 - “Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast,
and repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee as a
thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.”
Key Words: Remember therefore...and hold fast
The church at Sardis had a
reputation that they were alive, but God said, “[thou] art dead.” They had failed to hold fast, to be firmly
established in their commitment to God. They
were dead because they had failed to keep a watch over the church, and it had
slid far away from God.
Some years ago, during the days
of the backyard clothesline poles, our girls, along with some neighborhood
friends, were jumping and swinging on the clothesline pole when suddenly the
pole broke off at the ground. Now it’s
up to me to fix this pole. If I dig a
hole and put the pole back down into the ground, the poles would be uneven, so
I decided to get a bag of quick-dry cement and a concrete block. I put the pole in the block, leveled it, and
poured the cement into the block. It’s
then that I hear a voice coming from behind me, “It won’t work.” It seems my neighbor had been watching me and
felt obligated to give me his insight. I
thanked him and continued working. Then
I heard another voice – that of my neighbor beside me saying, “It won’t
work.” Again, I thanked him and
continued to work. It was then I felt
someone staring at me. I looked up to
find another neighbor couple on their morning walk, looking at me from the
street. I looked at them and said, “I
know, it won’t work.” To which they replied,
“That’s right!”
It may amaze you to know that
that was twenty-nine years ago, and that clothesline pole is still standing
today – twenty-nine years later! It is
still holding fast.
Today, there are those who say
that putting God first will never work; but it will. It has worked in my life now for years and
will continue to work until God takes me home.
God is faithful.
What to do:
✞Remember
to hold fast.
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